{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c5638114af0443971688d5e/5c828f8faf05d5fb25654c1a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Brendan Leonard & Jonathan Ellsworth on Their Running Backgrounds & What Makes Someone a “Runner\"?","description":"<p>In our inaugural episode of Off the Couch, Jonathan Ellsworth (founder of BLISTER), and co-host, Brendan Leonard (creator of Semi-Rad.com and producer of How to Run 100 Miles), talk about their running backgrounds; their love / hate relationships with running; and consider Strava as a modern-day spiritual exercise??</p><p><strong>TOPICS &amp; TIMES:</strong></p><ul><li>When do you actually get to call yourself a “runner”? (1:30)</li><li>Our running backgrounds — the early years (3:15)</li><li>Brendan’s return to running (7:25)</li><li>Jonathan’s return to running (after breaking his neck) (13:06)</li><li>Exploration, drugs, and stories (21:25)</li><li>Strava as a spiritual exercise?? (34:30)</li></ul>","author_name":"BLISTER"}